Alandi

Alandi is a small village 25 km from Pune city. Located on the banks of the River Indrayani, this is the place where Saint Dnyaneshwar took Sanjeevani Samadhi. This is why Alandi has acquired the status of a holy place.
Accompanied by innumerable Warkari, a palanquin carrying the paduka (wooden slippers worn by saints) of medieval saint poet Dnyaneshwar starts from Alandi on the eighth day after full moon in the month of Jyeshtha. Travelling across the State it reaches Pandharpur (the main temple of the deity Vithoba) by night on the tenth day of lunar month of Aashadh that follows Jyeshtha. This distance of 208 km is happily traversed by the Warkari on foot lovingly chanting Dnyanoba Mauli Tukaram.

The Ajan tree, under which Dnyaneshwar took Samadhi, can still be seen in the temple. The Samadhi is situated on the banks of river Indrayani. Other than this and the Samadhi, other places worth seeing in Alandi are MuktaBai’s temple, Vithoba-Rakhumai temple, and Krishna temple.

The first college, where Kirtan, Pravachan (religious lectures) is taught in Maharashtra is situated at Alandi. The Vedas and other religious books are also studied here.
Every year there are big fairs in Alandi on the eleventh day of Aashadh and Kartik.


In the temple premises there are lodges for the devotees and informative booklets and books are available for sale. It is possible to be accommodated in the village.